Thanks a lot for the feedback! I’ll try to reply to everything at once:
I’ve used Zulip in the past, but I think including it here makes it a little bit too messy, since the article mainly focuses on personal instant messaging and not corporate/organisational messaging. Otherwise I should probably include a section on e.g. Rocket.Chat and Mattermost as well, and then it would become very bloated. I think others do a good job of explaining that already! I think I’ll include a link to https://www.how2shout.com/tools/open-source-team-chat-software.html under further reading though so that people searching for such alternatives can find one there.
I have some personal reservations about the Lokinet project due to it’s role in political extremist/terrorist radicalisation movements (see https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10639-let_s_play_infokrieg#l=eng). And personally I don’t know anyone using Session either. So I will leave it out for now.
DeltaChat is a good point. I think covering it in this article risks cluttering it up so that the difference between email and XMPP/Matrix might not be that clear anymore? I believe that it’s covered by the links I have in further reading in any case!
And on Conversations: That’s true! I adapted the graphic from niboe.info who used Conversations as an example for a XMPP client. The app though is open source - and that’s what counts. (Signal’s source code is also open, and still it’s offered in the Google Play Store). But then again I also don’t cover clients in depth 🙈
As for the section on voice/video call ability: Good idea! I think though that all the messengers that I mentioned provide that functionality, except for Briar and RetroShare? I might mention that and will include a link to this messenger matrix under further reading, so that people who want to do so can read up on the details of the functionality of the different messengers :)
Thanks a lot for the feedback! I’ll try to reply to everything at once:
I’ve used Zulip in the past, but I think including it here makes it a little bit too messy, since the article mainly focuses on personal instant messaging and not corporate/organisational messaging. Otherwise I should probably include a section on e.g. Rocket.Chat and Mattermost as well, and then it would become very bloated. I think others do a good job of explaining that already! I think I’ll include a link to https://www.how2shout.com/tools/open-source-team-chat-software.html under further reading though so that people searching for such alternatives can find one there.
I have some personal reservations about the Lokinet project due to it’s role in political extremist/terrorist radicalisation movements (see https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10639-let_s_play_infokrieg#l=eng). And personally I don’t know anyone using Session either. So I will leave it out for now.
DeltaChat is a good point. I think covering it in this article risks cluttering it up so that the difference between email and XMPP/Matrix might not be that clear anymore? I believe that it’s covered by the links I have in further reading in any case!
And on Conversations: That’s true! I adapted the graphic from niboe.info who used Conversations as an example for a XMPP client. The app though is open source - and that’s what counts. (Signal’s source code is also open, and still it’s offered in the Google Play Store). But then again I also don’t cover clients in depth 🙈
As for the section on voice/video call ability: Good idea! I think though that all the messengers that I mentioned provide that functionality, except for Briar and RetroShare? I might mention that and will include a link to this messenger matrix under further reading, so that people who want to do so can read up on the details of the functionality of the different messengers :)
Thanks a lot for your input once again! ^^